Six killed, five injured in Karachi road accident

KARACHI: At least six people, a woman and two children among them, died and five others sustained critical injuries in a road accident when a pickup crashed into a truck in the city’s Gulshan-e-Hadeed area on Tuesday morning.

Rescue sources said the accident took place near Link road in Gulshan-e-Hadeed area. Three people died on the spot while others received life-threatening injuries and were shifted to a nearby hospital, they added.

Three others later succumbed to their injuries at the hospital, increasing the death toll to six, the rescue officials said, adding that the identities of the victims of the accident are yet to be ascertained.